Stefan Avey
Sr Principal Scientist, Data Science & Digital Health
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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SeniorStefan Avey is a Sr Principal Scientist in Data Science & Digital Health with 11 years of experience applying bioinformatics, statistics, and machine learning to translational immunology and drug development. Based in Jacksonville, he has advanced through research and quantitative roles at Janssen/Johnson & Johnson after completing a PhD–level bioinformatics trajectory at Yale, blending academic rigor with industry impact. He leads projects that translate complex biological data into actionable clinical insights, pairing statistical precision with practical digital-health solutions. Skilled in R, data visualization, and software engineering, he bridges the gap between exploratory science and production-ready analytics. Colleagues rely on him for both technical depth and mentorship across interdisciplinary teams. Outside immediate job titles, he maintains a curiosity for education and reproducible tools that improve how teams learn from biomedical data.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
1,158reputation
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15answers
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Github Skills (50)
r-package10
x-plane10
java-bytecode9
taco9
stan9
rmarkdown9
literate-programming8
htmlwidgets8
padding8
r8
markdown7
pandoc7
knitr7
bookdown7
jekyll6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
stefanavey/titer
Dec 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:1 release, 16 commits, 60 pushes in 5 months
stefanavey/cbb-jamboree-intro-to-r
Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:120 pushes, 3 branches, 9 issues in 4 months
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